Subsea news

Saint-Gobain Seals has been selected by a major US oil and gas corporation to qualify its Fluoroloy® sealing solutions and polymer materials to enhance oil recovery for an ultra-high pressure field in the Gulf of Mexico.

The three new patents cover certain aspects of Upwing’s high-speed motor drives and seal-less downhole system with a magnetically supported rotor, which underpin key elements of the SCS downhole artificial lift system.

More than 6500 visitors made their way to Europe’s largest subsea event, Subsea Expo, in Aberdeen this week.

The opportunities which exist for Scottish companies to collaborate on R&D projects with Japan will be highlighted at a workshop at this year’s Subsea Expo.

The ‘Revitalising the UKCS’ conference session has been added to the Subsea Expo event.

Specialist subsea project delivery firms James Fisher Offshore (JFO) and First Subsea have joined forces to launch a revolutionary cut and lift product that promises to streamline decommissioning projects worldwide, simplifying operations whilst reducing costs and risk.

The contract covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment including umbilicals, rigid flowlines, flexible jumpers and subsea production systems.

Subsea oil and gas engineering firm, Interventek, will unveil the development of the industry’s first subsea shear-and-seal safety valve powered by an integrated gas accumulator at next week’s Subsea Expo show in Aberdeen, UK.

As part of the agreement, Unique Group will design, manufacture and deliver Classed Air and Saturation Dive systems for integration on POSH’s vessels.

Total’s Egina field, located 150 km (93 mi) off Port Harcourt, kicked into production just as 2018 was winding to a close.